While I might tend to disagree about what can be done with Creative cards -- there are some folks who have been able to get stellar results from them -- they are no longer the easy-to-use and rock solid in operation situation that could be. Creative has had driver problems, there have been features advertised for use by the working musician that are either not implemented very well or even nonexistant, and IMO the hardware of the cards outstrips the software and drivers that Creative typically supplies with them. It is revealing that an open source project (the KX drivers) can get so much more out of the cards, but use of those is not advisable for the nontechnical type or the person who just wants to get on with the music rather than deal with operational and control issues that might look more like the cockpit of a 737 to them <g>.

The M-Audio Delta card, as already recommended to you, such as the AP 24/96, on the other hand, enjoys very good driver support, has a large and generally happy customer base and has indeed proven to be able to turn in yeoman's duty day after day with little to no sudden problems cropping up out of nowhere. There is a learning curve, but it is very minimal by comparison to other sound devices IMO. And the track record of the card is getting to be quite venerable indeed, many of us have had the same AP card going on years, simply installing it into new machines with new Operating System releases, download and install the correct and latest drivers from the M-Audio suppport pages - and are up and running with very little technical fuss.

M-Audio AP2496

Known to work and play well with PGMusic products.


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